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Old 30th Jun 2020, 05:37
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Originally Posted by industry insider
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Honestly, it would be hard to find an aircraft lessor to buy and leaseback 25-30 year old high time high cycle Saab 340s which are worth around $700k each.
You would think so, wouldn't you? But in yesterday's ASX release Rex said that they had

​​​​​​... lessors willing to provide $AUD30 million for 15 of Rex's fleet of 60 unencumbered Saab 340 aircraft ...
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The only way I can see that working is that if the lease-back is way above market or it's the same lessor that's going to provide them with their fleet of NBs and they're doing a little swings and roundabouts accounting.
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